Another week...

Where to start...

Another week just flew by.

We got together at Sunday afternoon at Karla's house. Karla was probably one of the sweetest ladies I've ever met. She wanted to know so much about us. Darren calls her his mom.

Monday morning we piled up our gear, and headed out again to some very dry soccer fields. At Coaches Corner on Monday (the time when we all gather around and learn and talk about God), I realized that my small group for the week was going to be a great experience of answering many questions, as I had a very talkative bunch. I told all the kids in the small group that if they ever had any questions, they could ask me, and I'd be more than willing to answer them. The small group continued through lunch for anyone who wanted to continue to ask questions. Eventually it became more of a circle of girls that wanted to talk about the mean girls in their class. I kinda closed it after that.

10 minutes later though, one of the girls in my small group, Emma, asked me if she could ask me some things. I said of course, and she started crying right away. She asked so many questions about death, as her grandma and aunt had recently died, and someone had committed suicide very close to her house just a little while ago. I tried to answer her questions the best that I could, although I found it very hard to feel that there are good answers to suicide....

The theme of death was very real throughout the week, as kids had loads of questions about it. Most wanted to know, when they would die, and where they will go after they die. This was actually really cool because it shows that kids are really thinking about it.

There were other questions near the end of the week such as: When was God born? Did God create the devil? How can God know eveythings that's going to happen in the future? What are the end times going to be like?

It was also a refresher for myself because explaining certain things really makes you re-evaluate your own beliefs, and I realized some questions are really impossible to fully answer.

I also realized that sometimes we don't know about the seeds that we have planted in people's lives. We don't always see the results. Karla told us that she has so many parents that talk about how much their kids love these camps. At the end of the week, we almost didn't have enough Bibles for the kids who had never opened a Bible before. When I handed out the last Bibles for kids to share, siblings would have to share. One brother would say to the other brother- I get to carry it to the car. Then the other would say I get to read it when we get into the car, and all night tonight. These kids were fighting over Bible reading time. If only more of us were like that....

It was another great experience. The rest of the summer is going to just fly by.
We're heading up to Owen Sound in about an hour. If you're reading, the team and I would like to ask for your continued prayers for us. Prayer is so huge in this ministry, and we would really appreciate it if you kept us in your prayers.